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Protecting the Homeland – The Future of Missile Defense
On February 9, RealClearPolitics hosted an event which examined the future of missile defense in the U.S. How do we protect from the increasing threats from Russia, Asia and Iran? What are the best ways to combat the vastly different existing threats, including cruise range missiles, long range missiles and the Russian counter missiles? What innovations and technologies will help us protect our homeland and defend our allies? CSBA’s Mark Gunzinger participated in one of two panel discussions.
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Small States Have Options Too: Competitive Strategies Against Aggressors
Looking back at history, one might reasonably conclude that small states are destined to be on the losing end of geopolitics. Events of the last decade in particular do not give us much reason for optimism about the destiny of small states facing coercion at the hands of their larger and more powerful neighbors.
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New CNO’s Given His Vision – Now For The Hard Part
The overarching theme I get from Adm. Richardson’s strategic “Design” is the need for the Navy to become better able to adapt and change with the security, information, and maritime environment. Although we often talk about how the Navy is adaptable and flexible, in fact our methods for training sailors and preparing units to deploy are pretty rigid industrial-age processes.
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Navy 2016: Stress, Shortfalls, & The Spectrum
2016 will be challenging for the Navy. At sea the fleet will continue to face demands that exceed its supply of forces, while at home the fiscal 2017 budget is likely to make difficult choices that prioritize high quality over adequate quantity.
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Deploying Beyond Their Means: The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps at a Tipping Point
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are operating today under unsustainable levels of stress because of a fundamental mismatch between the demands placed on them and their supply of ready forces. Both services are striving to establish deployment cycles they can maintain over the long-term, but are unable to stick to them.
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Winning the Airwaves: Sustaining America’s Advantage in the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) is one of the most critical domains in modern warfare. While militaries have long used it to communicate, keep track of friendly forces and find and target enemies, emerging technological advances now promise to dramatically change how they will use the EMS in the future. In the same way that smartphones and the Internet are redefining how the world shares, shops, learns and works, new sensors and networking technologies will enable militaries to gain significant new advantages over competitors that fail to keep pace.